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Wimbledon 1931

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]

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Deaths from Measles (all ages) Nil
„ „ Whooping Cough (all ages) 4
„ „ Diarrhœa (under 2 years of age) 5

Table: Population, Birth and Death Rates for each Ward, 1931.

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Population, Birth and Death Rates for each Ward, 1931.

WARD.	Factor.	Population.	Birth Rate.	Death Rate.
St. Mary's	4.46	6744	7.4	11.8
Wimbledon Park	3.88	4382	7.7	10.2
St. John's	4.77	5127	5.4	11.5
Cottenham Park	4.33	7421	7.9	14.5
North Wimbledon	4.36	23674	7.2	12.3
Dundonald	5.15	7879	9.7	11.9
Trinity	5.59	11683	11.9	11.6
South Park	4.63	8578	8.5	13.4
Haydon Park	5.47	7026	17.7	12.3
South Wimbledon	5.21	35166	11.8	12.2
Whole District	4.20	58840	10.9	12.3

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Births.—The number of births registered in the district was
600 (299 males and 301 females), a decrease of ninety-one as
compared with last year, and equal to a birth-rate of 10.2 per
thousand on a population of 58,840. The corrected birth rate
produced by transferable births notified to us by the RegistrarGeneral
is 10.9. Thirty-eight (or 5.9 per cent) of the births were
illegitimate.
The birth rate in Wimbledon continues to fall, the figure for
1931 being two per thousand below that for the previous year.

Table: The following table gives the birth rate in Wimbledon for the past ten years together with the comparative figures for England and Wales. At present the birth rate in Wimbledon is lower than the death rate.

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The following table gives the birth rate in Wimbledon for the past ten years together with the comparative figures for England and Wales. At present the birth rate in Wimbledon is lower than the death rate.

-	1922	1923	1924	1925	1926	1927	1928	1929	1930	1931
Wimbledon:
Number of Births	868	868	814	760	807	717	691	759	766	642
Birth Rate	14.0	14.9	14.01	13.06	13.9	12.3	11.6	12.7	12.9	10.9
Birth Rate for England & Wales	20.6	19.7	18.8	18.3	17.8	16.7	16.7	16.3	16.3	15.8

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Wimbledon 1931

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Table: Population, Birth and Death Rates for each Ward, 1931.

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Table: The following table gives the birth rate in Wimbledon for the past ten years together with the comparative figures for England and Wales. At present the birth rate in Wimbledon is lower than the death rate.